Buffalo Bird Girl: A Hidatsa Story
Born in the 1830's, Buffalo Bird Girl was a member of the Hidatsa people, a Native American community that lived in permanent villages along the Missouri River on the Great Plains. Like other girls her age, Buffalo Bird Girl learned the ways of her people through watching and listening, and then by doing. She helped plant crops in the spring, tended the fields through the summer, and an autumn joined in the harvest. She learned to prepare animals skins, dry meat, and perform other household duties.
There was also a time for playing games with friends and training her dog. When her family visited the nearby trading post, there were all sorts of fascinating things to set from the white man's settlements in the East.
Interweaving the actual words and stories of Buffalo Bird Woman with his artwork and archival photographs, award-winning author and artist S.D. Nelson captures the spirit of Buffalo Bird Girl and her lost way of life.
- Age Level = 5-9
- Book Author = S.D. Nelson
- Book Material = Paperback
- Book Publisher = Abram's Books
- Copyright = c2012
- Grade Level = K-3
- Illustrator = S.D. Nelson
- Condition = New
Item Number: 36-424
Item ID: 40984
Category: Native Americans